03617nam 22006735 450 991086917760332120240702131410.09783031629792(electronic bk.)978303162978510.1007/978-3-031-62979-2(MiAaPQ)EBC31516158(Au-PeEL)EBL31516158(CKB)32650248400041(DE-He213)978-3-031-62979-2(EXLCZ)993265024840004120240702d2024 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfrican Mind, Culture, and Technology Philosophical Perspectives /by Yamikani Ndasauka1st ed. 2024.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2024.1 online resource (193 pages)Print version: Ndasauka, Yamikani African Mind, Culture, and Technology Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2024 9783031629785 Includes bibliographical references and index.Chapter 1: Why African Philosophy of Technology? -- Chapter 2: Historical Origins of Technology in Africa -- Chapter 3: Decoding the Digital Revolution -- Chapter 4: Technologising Tradition or Traditionalising Technology? -- Chapter 5: Rethinking Technology Through African Philosophy -- Chapter 6: An African Social Constructivism of Technology -- Chapter 7: Harmonising Technology and Humanity through Ubuntu -- Chapter 8: The Spirits in the Machine -- Chapter 9: African Philosophy and the Quest for Just Technologies.This book provides a philosophical investigation of technology in Africa, articulating conceptual foundations and analyses rooted in African worldviews and communitarian values. It aims to spur discourse and understanding of how technology can be justly shaped for human advancement in Africa. Yamikani Ndasauka highlights the need to understand African conceptions of existence, ethics, and values as foundations for envisioning more humanistic technological applications. A historical contextualisation traces the layered origins of African technology philosophy in indigenous innovation, resistant adaptation of external systems, and creative fusion of endogenous and exogenous knowledge. The book develops African frameworks to assess and design technology in accord with human dignity and collective advancement. Yamikani Ndasauka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Malawi.TechnologyPhilosophyPhilosophy, AfricanEthnologyAfricaCultureArtificial intelligenceScienceSocial aspectsPhilosophy of TechnologyAfrican PhilosophyAfrican CultureArtificial IntelligenceScience and Technology StudiesTechnologyPhilosophy.Philosophy, African.EthnologyAfrica.Culture.Artificial intelligence.ScienceSocial aspects.Philosophy of Technology.African Philosophy.African Culture.Artificial Intelligence.Science and Technology Studies.609.6Ndasauka Yamikani1743240MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910869177603321African Mind, Culture, and Technology4170539UNINA